One of the air cells of algals.

The science of gliding and soaring flight.

A shed for housing an airship or a/roplane. A ground or field, esp. one equipped with housing and other facilities, used for flying purposes.

Pertaining to the force of air in motion.

acronym for Associate in Arts, a college degree granted for successful completion of a two-year course of study in arts or general topics.

the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an organization with headquarters in Washington, D.C. Its goal is to advance the physical and social sciences, and it publishes a weekly journal Science, with original research articles as well as reviews and commentary.

A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36/, at Hamburg 38/.

A carnivorous, striped, quadruped mammal (Proteles cristata, formerly Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. It feeds chiefly on insects. See Proteles.

An edentate mammal, of the genus Orycteropus (Orycteropus afer), somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of Southern Africa. It is a nocturnal ungulate, burrows in the ground with its powerful claws, and feeds entirely on ants and termites, which it catches with its long, extensile, slimy tongue. It is the sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata.

Pertaining to Aaron, the first high priest of the Jews.

an associate degree conferred for successful studies in applied science.

a loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth; worn by Arabs.

The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.

The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.

To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.

The act of abacinating.

One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.

One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.

An abacus.

Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal; -- opposed to actinal.

Stealing cattle on a large scale.

One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves.

A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements.

A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.

The rhinoceros.

The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.

Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.

Obeisance.

Ivory black or animal charcoal.

Abashed; confounded; discomfited.

To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.

The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement.

A univalve mollusk of the genus Haliotis. The shell is lined with mother-of-pearl, and used for ornamental purposes; the sea-ear. Several large species are found on the coast of California, clinging closely to the rocks.

a unit of electrical current equal to 10 amperes.

To abandon.

A complete giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease.

Forsaken, deserted.

Unrestrainedly.

One to whom anything is legally abandoned.

One who abandons.

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

Anything forfeited or confiscated.

See Abnet.

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

Banishment.

Articulation, usually that kind of articulation which admits of free motion in the joint; diarthrosis.

Lowered; humbled.

Abjectly; downcastly.

The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low; the state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.

He who, or that which, abases.

To destroy the self-possession of; to confuse or confound, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to put to shame; to disconcert; to discomfit.

In an abashed manner.

The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

Inability to coordinate muscular actions properly in walking.

A silver coin of Persia, worth about twenty cents.

Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.

Abatement.

The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.

One who, or that which, abates.

Provided with an abatis.

A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy.

A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.

Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.

The sounding-board over a pulpit or rostrum.

Astonished; abashed.

Away from the axis or central line; eccentric.

Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.

Among weavers, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.

The dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.

Belonging to an abbey; as, abbatial rights.

Abbatial.

The French word answering to the English abbot, the head of an abbey; but commonly a title of respect given in France to every one vested with the ecclesiastical habit or dress.

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. See Abbey.

A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings.

The superior or head of an abbey.

The state or office of an abbot.

An abridgment.

Shortened; relatively short; abbreviate.

The act of shortening, or reducing.

One who abbreviates or shortens.

Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.

An abbreviation; an abbreviated state or form.

A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.

Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

An inhabitant of Abdera, in Thrace.

Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Muslim rite.

Capable of being abdicated.

One who abdicates.

To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity.

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sovereign power; as, abdication of the throne, government, power, authority.

Causing, or implying, abdication.

One who abdicates.

Having the quality of hiding.

A place for hiding or preserving articles of value.

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.

A fish of the group Abdominales.

A group including the greater part of fresh-water fishes, and many marine ones, having the ventral fins under the abdomen behind the pectorals.

A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

Examination of the abdomen by means of a laparoscope to detect abdominal diseases.

Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.

Having a protuberant belly; pot-bellied.

distension of the stomach area due to overweight.

To draw or conduct away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part.

a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye.

drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; -- especially of muscles

To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part; -- used especially of muscles

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away.

One who abducts.

On the beam, that is, on a line which forms a right angle with the ship's keel; opposite to the center of the ship's side.

To bear; to behave.

Behavior.

Behavior.

One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.

A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.

Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.

In bed, or on the bed.

The white poplar (Populus alba).

A genus of tropical coarse herbs having large lobed leaves and often yellow flowers.